NEW YORK -- Bernard Hopkins, who won the undisputed middleweight championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, believes the building has barred him from fighting there again.

Kevin Wynne, who runs the Garden's boxing program, said that's just not true.

"He's not barred," Wynne said Tuesday. "No one has presented us with any Bernard Hopkins fight. If and when someone does, we'll evaluate it on its merits. If we can strike a deal that makes sense, under the right circumstances, we would have him back. He's welcome here."

That's not the understanding of Hopkins and his adviser, Lou DiBella.

DiBella said promoter Don King called him Monday with the news that Hopkins, who stopped Felix Trinidad in the 12th round to win the title, was no longer welcome to fight in the Garden.

"I called Wynne," DiBella said. "He said, '(Garden president) Seth Abraham and I made the decision together. We don't want Bernard in the Garden again.'

"King told me that and Wynne confirmed it."

Di Bella was outraged at that.

"I'm shocked and I think they should be ashamed," he said. "It doesn't matter to us. It's hypocrisy and demeaning. They're trying to demean him. If we never fight in the Garden again, that's cool."

During promotion for the fight, Hopkins twice threw the Puerto Rican flag to the floor, once pulling it out of King's hands. After the fight, he apologized to Trinidad for his actions.

DiBella said Hopkins' victory upset Garden plans for a showdown between undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones, Jr., and Trinidad. "That's why they're doing this," he said.

Hopkins shrugged off any decision the Garden might make about future fights.

"My whole life, people have been trying to knock me down," he said. "They're not going to knock me down anymore. The Garden should be ashamed."

DiBella said that as undisputed champ, Hopkins can fight anywhere.

"We'll go wherever we want," he said. "We don't want to hear about the Garden again."

Wynne said he talks daily with King and DiBella, and would consider any proposal for a Hopkins fight.

"Bernard said after the Trinidad fight that he wanted to break Carlos Monzon's record in Philadelphia (his hometown)," Wynne said. "It's my understanding that's where he wants to fight. I'm not expecting any calls."